Coming Soon on RetireJapan
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes A quick progress report and request for feedback today. It’s been a great year so far for RetireJapan. I’m still having a lot of fun (maybe the most important thing) and it seems we’re still managing to help people. We’re seeing a lot more users in the forum and receiving many more enquiries to […]
Dividend Investing So Far
The real skinny We wrote about dividend investing a long time ago. We wrote a longer and more detailed article earlier this year. And still we got a question this week pointing out that I have never really gone into my own experience with dividend investing. This post will redress this terrible wrong. You can […]
The Monday Read
It’s the population, stupid. Summer’s last gasp today, at least in Sendai. No more 30 degree days until next year. Here are this week’s links: Probably overdue: Telemedicine via smartphone apps spreading in Japan. Tick tock. 70-year-olds and above account for 20% of Japan’s population for 1st time. A high-earning millionaire interview. Eat mor beanz: If Everyone Ate […]
Asset Allocation in a Dangerous Time
All times are dangerous I read this blog post today, and it tied in with some things I have been thinking about. Where should we be investing our money now? Specifically, what kind of asset allocation would be appropriate? At the moment: Stocks have been going up for a while. Historically, they have to correct […]
Rolling over a NISA account
To roll or not to roll, that is the question I just got an email from Rakuten Securities announcing the NISA rollover for a 2014 NISA can be processed between October 1st and December 14th. This got me thinking. Do I want to roll over my holdings? What does rolling over entail? Is it better […]
The Monday Read
Well, I’m still alive Had a jiu-jitsu competition yesterday, and I’m still in one piece. Something to be grateful for 🙂 Here are this week’s links: I’ll be keeping mine for now: It’s Not Time to Hit the Ejector Seat on Emerging Markets. Why not start today? 10 things you can do today to reset your life. […]
Start Here
Five Steps to Financial Health Recently we’ve had a lot of new visitors to the site, and many of them have the same questions and concerns. A very common situation is to be starting to think about getting finances in order. For a beginner though, this can be overwhelming. It’s very easy to get discouraged […]
Listening to a Financial Planner in Japan
I took the hit for all of you A couple of years ago my wife and I had a free consultation with some independent financial advisors. That consultation was a bit underwhelming, but overall was useful and they gave us knowledgeable, concrete advice. Last month my wife heard about a free lecture on personal finance […]
The Monday Read
Had a really busy week, so fewer links than usual Went riding yesterday. Japan’s been taking a bit of a beating lately. Hope everyone is staying safe out there. Here are this week’s links: Scary stuff. Climate change is coming for all of us: Miami Will Be Underwater Soon. Its Drinking Water Could Go First. Wholeheartedly […]
Ask Me Anything
Questions from a Reader We received a nice email from a reader last month, and I agreed to answer their questions in a blog post (that’s how desperate for content we are!) 😉 There was quite a bit of context to the questions, but we aren’t going to run it in order to protect their […]